BlackSheepRehab on Nostr: Well, this happened today. My first duckling! There are still 7 or 8 eggs underneath ...
Well, this happened today. My first duckling!
There are still 7 or 8 eggs underneath the sister pair of mothers. But there was weirdness when they started. One started sitting on 6 and then the nest grew to 19 at one point before they started pushing out rotted ones. My 35 days of sitting ended April 22 but since so many were added after a duck was sitting I’m not convinced they’re in sync. I have tried candeling several times and while I can see stuff, I have no idea if what I’m looking at is a developing duck or developing rot.
I’ve also noticed that the eggs I’ve been eating since they stated sitting (from my other ducks) have not appeared fertilized, so I was convinced that I’d be clearing out a bunch of dudds this weekend. Now that one hatched I feel like I should let the rest be until the eggs get pushed out or hatched out.
Here’s hoping I know what I’m doing… I’d hate to kill my only duckling. I’m going to be spending a bunch of time building ramps tomorrow as I doubt ducklings jump as high as the adults to get in and out of coops and pond.
How soon might they go in a pond?
#grownostr #muscovy #permaculture #yamhillvalley
There are still 7 or 8 eggs underneath the sister pair of mothers. But there was weirdness when they started. One started sitting on 6 and then the nest grew to 19 at one point before they started pushing out rotted ones. My 35 days of sitting ended April 22 but since so many were added after a duck was sitting I’m not convinced they’re in sync. I have tried candeling several times and while I can see stuff, I have no idea if what I’m looking at is a developing duck or developing rot.
I’ve also noticed that the eggs I’ve been eating since they stated sitting (from my other ducks) have not appeared fertilized, so I was convinced that I’d be clearing out a bunch of dudds this weekend. Now that one hatched I feel like I should let the rest be until the eggs get pushed out or hatched out.
Here’s hoping I know what I’m doing… I’d hate to kill my only duckling. I’m going to be spending a bunch of time building ramps tomorrow as I doubt ducklings jump as high as the adults to get in and out of coops and pond.
How soon might they go in a pond?
#grownostr #muscovy #permaculture #yamhillvalley